How to Use chalkboard in a Sentence

chalkboard

noun
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  • The menu’s written on an A-frame chalkboard sign just to the left.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Glue the cork discs, one on top of the other, on the bottom left of the chalkboard.
    — Kris Coronado, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2020
  • The wheels of the chalkboard, however, got stuck on the ramp.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 19 July 2022
  • This chili salt tastes the way an old-school chalkboard smells.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 16 June 2021
  • The menu is always changing the old-school way — via a chalkboard in the deli.
    — Alex Darus, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The sound of chalk on a chalkboard is pretty darn bad, too.
    — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 8 June 2022
  • Some of the chalkboards were also saved, framed by the new drywall.
    — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • Staff dish up food behind the counter, and a chalkboard menu takes up a large part of one wall.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The cracking of that plastic is like nails on a chalkboard.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 24 June 2020
  • Behind the red and woodgrain counter, a chalkboard menu and, of course, shelves flush with bagels.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Try the chalkboard-look version or the white background — or mix and match both.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The menu has moved to a chalkboard on the wall, the wine service to the bar, where all bottles are opened and glasses poured.
    — Matt Goulding, The Atlantic, 19 June 2020
  • Josh, 22, gets credit for the Broomstick Café name and not-so-tasty menu on the chalkboard.
    — Jody Garlock, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Those things that are hard to draw up on the chalkboard, and how fast things are going to happen.
    — Safid Deen, sun-sentinel.com, 31 May 2021
  • The reversible tabletop has a play scene on one side and a chalkboard on the other for hours of fun.
    — Kayla Kitts, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The final stage is finding the tools to scratch a chalkboard that reveals a code to unlock the cage.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2021
  • It was shared more than 6,000 times and shows a teacher in front of a chalkboard holding a large gun.
    — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Welcome guests outside with a chalkboard sign or a DIY spring wreath on the door.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 30 Mar. 2023
  • For me, sitting on a beach is akin to clawing my nails down a chalkboard.
    — Fariha Róisín, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The guests wrote out ideas for names on a chalkboard: For a boy, Traylon, Travis or Taylor.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 10 June 2020
  • Just inside the door is a chalkboard with the girls’ assignments.
    — Anthony J. Wallace | Cronkite News, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020
  • An eerie, nails-on-a-chalkboard type sound plays the trailer out as the visual fades to a title card.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2021
  • There are art easels with chalkboards, whiteboards, or both.
    — Woman's Day Magazine, 12 May 2023
  • The boy’s name already had been erased from the Homicide Detail’s chalkboard.
    — oregonlive, 3 May 2021
  • Inside is a counter with a sink and faucet, and there’s even a chalkboard that little ones can doodle on.
    — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Affix a piece of chalkboard to the back of your holiday wreath and write a festive message on the front.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2022
  • They were handed two small chalkboards, each with a prompt already on it.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
  • The menu is written on a chalkboard outside and changes daily.
    — Gwen McClure, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Franz and her fellow merchants strung the lights on their windows and opened up the chalkboard sidewalk signs.
    — Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Write this many times on the chalkboard: Bart finally has a new teacher.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2022

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